Object Details
maker
E.E. Southerland Medicine Company
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
Recommended for relieving inflamed lids, irritated eyes. and inflammation caused by wind, dirt, dust and colds
This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Sidney Glaser
ID Number
1985.0481.109
catalog number
1985.0481.109
accession number
1985.0481
Object Name
otc preparation
Object Type
Drugs
Measurements
box: 2 5/8 in x 1 in x 1 in; 6.6675 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm
tube: 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.905 cm
place made
United States: Kentucky, Paducah
United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
United States: New York, New York City
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_211164